On the BBC: See how a grip handle from a 19040’s Graflex press camera inspired a designer on the first Star Wars realise the basis of the Lighsaber. Here

The busiest, biggest and best stock photo industry event Fotofringe London is taking place again in 2018 in London on Tuesday 17 April. Expect the same relaxed and informative one

Getty Images just signed an exclusive global distribution deal for stock footage from Sony Pictures. The Sony Pictures Stock Footage numbers 160,000 clips originally shot under the Columbia Pictures, TriStar Pictures,

London based rights managed photo library Lensmodern closed on 12 December. In an email sent to image buyers last week the owners announced the closing date citing industry pressure on rights managed

The most simple marketing has again proved the rule when you have a specialist photo library – this cracking marketing email from performing arts photo library ArenaPal caught our eye

We have been on Instagram for a while now to test the water and just starting to update the feed with some news items and photos from our industry travels…its all

Closes 8 December – thats tomorrow….     The UK Picture Editors Guild Awards in association with Shutterstock have been joined by industry giant Fujifilm to recognise young talent in a

  Great start to the week here with a brand new industry partnership announced late last night –  The Mega Agency will now be distributing Mirrorpix photo content. The new distribution partnership will

Photographer and PAN reader Cinzia D’Ambrosi is seeking funding for her latest humanitarian photo project Hate Hurts a documentary photographic project that exposes violence towards refugees and asylum seekers and the factors that

Getty Images are busy editing and uploading what’s left of the archive of photographer Jacques Lowe. Lowe began his photographic career in New York City – first as assistant to Arnold

This in from Camera Press: Camera Press were founded 70 years ago this month and the first images they circulated were of the wedding of the then Princess Elizabeth and

A couple of days after our announcement that All Over Press owner IBL had sold the agency to TT News we had this in from All Over Press agency manager Kasper

Photo agency Scanpix in Denmark – which works closely with affiliates in Sweden and Norway, and with Reuters and AFP and EPA – has been sold to the Danish news

In Sweden, TT News Agency has acquired established photo agency IBL who acquired All Over Press in 2015. TT say: ‘The picture segment of the TT News Agency is growing, and will through

The 2018 stock photo visual trend forecasts predicting what buyers will want from the industry are starting to come in here at PAN. Scott Braut, Head of Content at Adobe

Masterfile in Toronto are now distributing the image collection through Mauritius Images for Europe. – excludes Italy  

The UK Picture Editors’ Guild Awards in association with Shutterstock have announced this year’s panel of judges. The Chair of the panel is Paul Jarrett, a lifelong servant of the

Contrary to reports online and general gossip PhotoArchiveNews.com can report Silverhub Media are alive and well. A little late filing of the agency’s accounts at Companies House had the rumour mills

Here at PAN we love an inside-agency photo and this week we managed to obtain this set from inside the new London offices of celebrity photo agency Splash News. The